Porcelain or faience: what is best for the toilet?

Performing repairs in the apartment, each owner tries to create an atmosphere of maximum comfort not only in the living room or bedroom, but also in the room of personal hygiene. When arranging the bathroom especially careful attention should be paid to the choice of plumbing. From the quality of equipment such as a toilet or bidet, depends on the convenience and comfort of performing daily hygiene. The main issue faced by most buyers of plumbing, is the material of its manufacture. What is better for a toilet bowl - porcelain or earthenware?

Before you go to the store for a new toilet for your bathroom, you should decide on the most important criteria for choosing such products.

Among the main characteristics is to pay attention to certain parameters of the proposed plumbing.

• Type of connection. It is imperative that the drain of the sewer system is suitable in size and location to the base of the selected toilet bowl. For example, with a horizontal arrangement of the drain pipe to her almost impossible to dock the toilet with a vertical release.
• Bowl shape. The geometry and size of the toilet should be comfortable for all family members. Choosing plumbing, consider the style of the room and its own dimensions.

• Model. Regardless of the material, sanitary fittings are best selected on the basis of the existing premises. So, for a large-sized bathroom, a floor-mounted model is perfect, but in a small room it is better to put a hanging bowl, which saves usable space. For example, under such equipment you can store household chemicals or other things useful in the household.
• Practicality. When choosing a toilet for your hygiene room, pay attention to the likelihood of splashing water when flushing. This factor is usually determined by the shape of the bowl, which ideally should not allow splashing.

Having decided on the preferred size of the toilet bowl, the shape of the bowl, the method of installation and connection, you can proceed to the choice of material for the manufacture of sanitary equipment. To make it easier to determine the appropriate model, experts recommend analyzing the main characteristics of the materials under consideration and their features.

Faience is a dense material with a finely porous structure. This feature of the products is explained by the white clay in their composition, which has a rather high water absorption coefficient. To minimize this property of faience, the surface of sanitary equipment is covered with several layers of special glaze.

Material advantages:

• relatively light weight;
• compact size, which is explained by the rather thin walls of the toilet bowl;
• durability;
• resistance to aggressive effects of household chemicals;
• affordable cost.

Faults faience:

• the main characteristics of the faience toilet bowl depend on the quality of the glaze used by the manufacturer in its manufacture;
• Faience brought from abroad can cost much more than domestic porcelain.

Porcelain, like earthenware, is made on the basis of white clay. However, the composition of this material is characterized by increased strength due to the addition of reinforcing components such as quartz and feldspar.In addition, the clay used to create the base undergoes a thorough quality check, which provides the final product with a dense and ultra-smooth surface.

In contrast to faience, porcelain sanitary devices have a low water absorption coefficient. This effect can be achieved thanks to a wider component composition. So, for porcelain, the coefficient of water absorption is 0.05%, while in faience it is 0.5%.

Material advantages:

• high level of mechanical strength;
• the dense structure providing resistance to various pollution;
• reduced risk of unpleasant odors from the sewer system;
• relatively simple and easy care.

Disadvantages:

• high cost of porcelain sanitary ware, which corresponds to its inherent level of quality;
• Sanitary porcelain doesn’t differ much from sanitary faience products, which allows dishonest suppliers to sell faience toilet bowls at a higher price.

Having decided, the toilet bowl from which material will fit exactly in your bathroom, you can consider in more detail the popular manufacturers. In order to make porcelain or earthenware products really high-quality and reliable, it is recommended to give preference to products of that brand, the reliability of which is beyond doubt due to the availability of appropriate certificates and positive consumer reviews.

From the best side, sanitary devices of the following trademarks have proven themselves.

• Sanita. Products of this brand has proven itself to be of high quality and reasonable cost, which cause almost no complaints.
• Jika. This manufacturer offers a wide range of sanitary ware of various models and design designs. Among the products of this brand there are both low cost and rather expensive products. The design of toilet bowls is made in various styles and meets modern fashion trends in interior design.It is also worth noting that in the manufacturing process, the manufacturer uses only high-quality and carefully selected materials.

• Iddys The brand is quite a budget Russian plumbing, which is remarkable for its excellent technical performance, reasonable price and aesthetically attractive design.
• Gustavsberg Czech Republic. Toilets of this manufacturer belong to the average price category, but they also have the corresponding quality class.

Remember that well-known brands that represent their products on the plumbing market for many years usually have a very reverent attitude to their own reputation. Accordingly, giving preference to such toilets, you minimize the risk of being cheated.

If you are interested in other options for materials manufacturing sanitary devices, you should pay attention to the products of polymer concrete, glass, stainless steel or natural stone.Porcelain and faience - materials, of course, are good and very popular, but you should not think that the choice ends on ceramics, because with the help of other materials you can achieve a better fit to the chosen style.

To preserve the attractiveness and strength of the toilet bowl, you can clean it with one of the following folk remedies.

• Lemon acid. This tool will help to easily remove the rust and lime deposits that have formed on the plumbing surface. To get the desired result, it is enough to moisten the bowl with plenty of water and pour about 3 packs of citric acid powder on its surface, which is sold in any grocery store. Leaving the plumbing in such a state for a couple of hours, which is necessary for the corresponding reaction of the substance to pollution to occur, carefully clean its surface with a special brush. After cleaning you will notice that there is no trace of the raid.

• Soda with vinegar. The combination of these components, which can be found in almost every kitchen, is often used for cleaning products and surfaces made of various materials. Soda copes well with vinegar and dirt on the toilet bowl. To achieve the desired result, it is enough to sprinkle the contaminated surface of porcelain or earthenware with soda powder and sprinkle it with a 9% solution of table vinegar. Treatment with an acidic solution is most conveniently done with a spray bottle. Half an hour after the treatment, you need to thoroughly clean the plumbing device with a brush.

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